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nated 162D, so that said Sections 140, 143, 150, 152, 154,
161 and 162D shall read as follows:

140. There shall be five commissioners for said town, who
shall hold office for two years from the date of their election,
or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, who
shall be elected by ballot by the qualified voters of said town,
and each of whom shall be at least twenty-five years of age and
a Bona Fide resident of said town for at least twelve months
next preceding the date of his election.

143. If any vacancy shall happen in the office of commis-
sioner, the remaining members of said board, or a majority
thereof, shall have the power to appoint a new member or
members to fill said vacancy or vacancies for the unexpired
term or terms.

150. Every bailiff shall give bond to the Commissioners in
such penalty as may be prescribed by the commissioners for
the faithful performance of such duties as may be prescribed
by the Commissioners.

152. They may cause an assessment to be made from time
to time by one person to be appointed by them, of all the prop-
erty, real, personal and mixed, of all kinds and descriptions
whatever within the corporate limits of the said town, and such
other property as follows the person of the owner, liable by law
to be valued and assessed and chargeable with taxes in this
State; and in making said assessment, the said property shall
be valued at its cash value and it shall be chargeable according
to such valuation for the corporate purposes of said town;
provided that the tax levied on said property shall not exceed
in any one year sixty cents on the hundred dollars of the as-
sessed value thereof (including the tax provided for in Section
162C); and provided further any person aggrieved by said
assessment shall have an appeal to said commissioners, who are
empowered to increase or abate assessments; said assessor shall
have the authority to administer oaths to persons to be as-
sessed and take a list of their assessable property under oath.

154. Whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax for the
corporate purposes of said town, they shall make out an alpha-
betical list of the persons chargeable therewith, with the sums
payable by each person, and it shall be the duty of the town
Clerk to collect all such taxes; and his mode of procedure and
powers in the collection of same shall conform to the existing
law from time to time governing the collection of County and
State taxes in Dorchester County and the sale of the property